Assistant Principal News

Message from Miharu Morioka

Welcome back, everyone! I hope our students and families have had a restful break and ready for another exciting term with lots of events, including the School Production. Coming back from the holidays and starting a new term is always exciting, but it’s quite common for some students to feel anxious getting back to the school routine, away from the comfort of home. If this is something that your child is experiencing, it might be helpful for them to know that they are not the only one and it’s okay to feel like that. We are here to support, so please let us know if your child is facing a challenge to settle back to the school routine. 

３学期目がスタートしました。みなさん、ホリデーはどのようにお過ごしになりましたか？今学期もスクールプロダクションをはじめ、様々なイベントがあり、生徒たちもそのようなイベントを楽しみにしているのではないでしょうか。その一方で、２週間という長期休暇を経て学校に戻ってくることに不安な気持ちを抱える生徒も少なくはありません。お子様がそのように不安を感じ、サポートを必要としている場合は、学校までお知らせください。

Snapshots from our classrooms

In Japan, we celebrate the Star Festival (Tanabata) on the 7th of July each year. Families have a big bamboo brunch at home and decorate it with paper lanterns, stars and tanzaku which is a paper strip on which people can write their wishes. When I visited the Y1/2 classrooms on Monday, they were making beautiful lanterns with papers as a part of the Star Festival activity. Look at those beautiful lanterns, so colourful and beautiful!　

日本では、毎年７月７日に七夕のお祝いがあります。月曜日にY1／2の教室を訪れた際に、生徒たちは七夕のアクティビティの一環として、紙で提灯を作っていました。カラフルな紙を使って、とても上手に作ることができました。素晴らしいです！

Year 5/6 students have been working on another project to demonstrate their leadership at our school. They are revising the playground rules to promote and maintain a safe environment for all our students. Students have brainstormed their ideas, using their past experience and knowledge, sharing them with their peers by posting them on Padlet. They then presented their draft ideas to Mr Strain and myself to seek some feedback from us. We were both impressed with the depth of their thinking and we are looking forward to seeing how their work will further develop over the next week or so. Great work, Y5/6s!

５・６年生は、今学期に入り早々に全校生徒のためにとあるプロジェクトに取り組んでおります。校庭でみんなが安全に遊ぶことができるように、校庭でのルールの見直しをしています。クラス内、学年内でパドレットを使ってアイディアをシェアしてから、校長先生と私にフィードバックを求めてまいりました。彼らの考えの深さ、視野の広さにとても関心したとともに、向こう１週間でどのように考えがさらに発展していくのかがとても楽しみです。